Losing to Northants was a setback but we still had a chance of going up until the Derbyshire game - losing that one (only their second win of the season) did for us.
No, even if Notts don't get three wickets in the next 11 overs, max batting points and a draw will still get them promoted ... but if they fail to reach 400, then Notts would either need to win or hope Northants don't get maximum points.
John Barclay, who most definitely is a lovely bloke, played nearly 300 times for Sussex and averaged about 25 - not too shabby, particularly when he was opening batsman against fearsome pace bowlers. Marshall, Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft, Hadlee, Procter, Daniel and Rice all played regular...
I'm trying to think if Sussex have ever had a worse specialist batsman. I'm sure they've had in the past when someone who just went to the right school would go out to have a bash, but in the professional era? Hard to think of anyone ... and I remember Jerry Groome and the Hoadley brothers...